EVENT INFORMATION

29
March
1760

The slave ship Ross departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Martinique.

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📅 29 March 1760 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Ross; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 254.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Ross, John; Investor: Ross, Isaac; Captain: Tear, John. The voyage began at London on 29 March 1760. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Captured by pirates or privateers - after embarkation of enslaved people.

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